roddy Posted October 10, 2014 at 09:37 AM Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 at 09:37 AM Imprest - "a fund used by a business for small items of expenditure and restored to a fixed amount periodically." Think it's basically the petty cash type of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted October 10, 2014 at 01:21 PM Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 at 01:21 PM I know "imprest"! Yeah! (Although I failed in accounting.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmayo Posted October 10, 2014 at 08:22 PM Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 at 08:22 PM Impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted October 15, 2014 at 09:03 AM Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 at 09:03 AM boustrophedonic - a writing system that alternates reading direction between left-to-right and right-to-left on subsequent lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted October 15, 2014 at 09:08 AM Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 at 09:08 AM Like an ox plowing a field! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted October 15, 2014 at 09:37 AM Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 at 09:37 AM Someone's been looking up word etymologies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted October 15, 2014 at 11:05 AM Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 at 11:05 AM You underestimate the membership, Imron, they don't need to look this kind of stuff up. They just know it. Laic - an adjective form of lay, as in secular, not of the clergy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted October 16, 2014 at 08:49 AM Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 at 08:49 AM And another: In archival science, a fonds is the aggregation of documents that originate from the same source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liuzhou Posted October 16, 2014 at 03:23 PM Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 at 03:23 PM I already knew most of the words here, but not all. One I came across recently is 'kakistocracy', meaning "The government of a state by the worst citizens. " Pretty useful in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanglu Posted October 16, 2014 at 10:58 PM Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 at 10:58 PM archival science And I thought economics was supposed to be the dismal science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geraldc Posted October 21, 2014 at 08:15 PM Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 at 08:15 PM Shroff. An English word I've only found in Hong Kong car parks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted October 22, 2014 at 04:08 AM Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 at 04:08 AM I think I have read somewhere that the word Shroff originated in India. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liuzhou Posted October 22, 2014 at 04:43 PM Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 at 04:43 PM "shroff, n. (ʃrɒf) Also 7 sheroff, -affe, -iffe, sharoffe, sherrafe, shraff, shrofe, 7–8 sheraff. [Anglo-Indian corruption of saraf.] A banker or money-changer in the East; in the Far East, a native expert employed to detect bad coin." -Oxford English Dictionary Why that would be used in a Hong Kong car park, I can't say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted October 22, 2014 at 09:20 PM Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 at 09:20 PM The definition I found for it shroff ʃrɒf/ noun noun: shroff; plural noun: shroffs 1. Indian a banker or money changer. 2. SE Asian a cashier. I think "cashier" in this context refers to person who collects parking charges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelyus Posted November 2, 2014 at 02:41 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 at 02:41 AM A couple of medical terms: The Greek-derived icterus for something more commonly described with a certain French-derived term. h(a)emoptysis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted November 26, 2014 at 09:54 AM Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 at 09:54 AM Limnology - the study of freshwater lakes and rivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooironic Posted November 26, 2014 at 11:28 AM Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 at 11:28 AM Bough - pronounced baʊ - meaning a major branch of a tree (as opposed to just a twig). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geraldc Posted November 26, 2014 at 11:37 AM Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 at 11:37 AM My generation everyone knows the word "bough", but unless you're a gardener or into trees, rarely use it. The reason why everyone knows the word is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-a-bye_Baby A cautionary tale about why trees are not a suitable substitute for proper childcare arrangements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted November 26, 2014 at 11:39 AM Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 at 11:39 AM Bough - This one is known by kids . Verse one of a popular nursery rhyme. Hush-a-by baby On the tree top, When the wind blows The cradle will rock. When the bough breaks, The cradle will fall, And down will fall baby Cradle and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmayo Posted November 26, 2014 at 11:42 AM Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 at 11:42 AM I was taught "cracks carry, boughs break" by my grandfather but that gets no results on google. lit: don't necessarily worry if the beam holding up your house has a crack fig: (obvs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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